Spurs delete Tweet after fans mock the club for suggesting they'll bottle their Champions League tie

Tottenham's social media team took to Twitter to share a controversial photo ahead of their Champions League tie with Marseille on Wednesday evening.

The club's official Twitter page shared a photo of a UEFA Champions League water bottle on the side of the pitch with the caption 'Hotspur Way'.

However, the social media chiefs at Spurs deleted the post when fans joked that the North London club were referencing the fact Tottenham would 'bottle' the game.

Tottenham's social media team were quick to rectify the problem and delete the Tweet. However, eagled-eyed fans were quick to screenshot the post.

After just two minutes online, Tottenham found themselves being bombarded with Champions League jokes on Twitter.

One supporter took to social media to say: 'The memes really do write themselves', while another added: 'Deleting it makes it more Spursy somehow'.

The post came just days after Antonio Conte's Champions League record was called into question.

Conte has featured in the Champions League five times - having guided Juventus, Chelsea and Inter Milan through their respective European campaigns.

He failed to make it out of the group on three occasions and was eliminated from the competition in the knockout stages twice.

Those two instances included the time Chelsea reached the last 16 in 2017-2018 and the time Juventus reached the quater-final in 2012-2013.

Conte will be eager to hit the ground running with Tottenham as he looks to end their quest for European glory.

Tottenham are set to visit Marseille for their Champions League clash on Wednesday evening.

Conte will be looking to maintain his unbeaten start to the 2022-2023 Premier League season by kicking off their Group D campaign with a win.

However, Tottenham do not have the best record when it comes to collecting trophies.

The club's only trophy in more than 20 years has been the League Cup, which they won back in 2008.

Earlier this year, fans mocked Tottenham's  announcement of winning a 'trophy' for having the best ground, with several of their own supporters joining in.

Social media went wild after the official Spurs Twitter account posted that the club's grounds staff had won the 'prestigious Premier League Grounds Team of the Season award for 2021/22'.

The use of the word 'prestigious' perhaps didn't help the north London club as fans online immediately drew attention to Spurs' barren trophy cabinet for actual football honours.